6:41 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — Seattle Seahawks running back Chris Carson will have season-ending neck surgery with the plan to return in 2022. Coach Pete Carroll announced the news Friday. He expressed confidence that Carson, Seattle’s leading rusher in each of the previous three seasons, will play next year. “We went as
11:29 AM ET Associated Press TURIN, Italy — A year ago, Casper Ruud had just cracked the top 30 in the rankings. Look at him now. The eighth and final qualifier for the ATP Finals, the 22-year-old Norwegian has joined top-ranked Novak Djokovic, No. 2 Daniil Medvedev and No. 3 Alexander Zverev in the semifinals
4:11 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas Rangers manager Chris Woodward got a contract extension Friday that goes through the 2023 season and includes a club option for another year after that. The Rangers before last season had exercised their club option for 2022. Woodward originally got a three-year contract with that option
2:08 PM ET The early portions of the European soccer season is rife with interruptions: three international breaks in the first three months, in fact. But with the latest round of World Cup qualifiers in the books, we actually get a sustained look at the club ranks as the next time players join their national
11:44 AM ET Caitlin Murray After a thrilling pair of playoff games last week that yielded two underdog finalists, the NWSL will crown a champion Saturday between the Washington Spirit and the Chicago Red Stars, and it will cap off the most difficult season in the young league’s existence. Little more than a month ago,
4:18 PM ET PITTSBURGH — While the status of quarterback Ben Roethlisberger for Sunday night’s showdown against the Los Angeles Chargers is still unknown, the Pittsburgh Steelers definitively ruled out two significant players on their defense. Both T.J. Watt (hip, knee) and cornerback Joe Haden (foot) were ruled out for Sunday night, as were guard
4:11 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — At least Aaron Rodgers won’t be going into another game without any practices. The Green Bay Packers quarterback practiced on Friday essentially for the first time in a month, albeit on a limited basis. He has a toe injury that he said occurred during his COVID-19 quarantine, but
4:39 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — Running back Alvin Kamara has been ruled out for the second straight week because of a knee injury for a New Orleans Saints offense that will be extremely short-handed Sunday at the Philadelphia Eagles. The Saints (5-4) also ruled out both of their standout offensive tackles, Terron Armstead (knee/shoulder)
4:41 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — With three games in a 12-day span starting Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs, the Dallas Cowboys will be without wide receiver Amari Cooper for at least two of them after he was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list Friday. Sources told ESPN that Cooper tested positive for COVID-19 and
4:31 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians said Friday that he has no reason to believe wide receiver Antonio Brown procured a fake COVID-19 vaccination card, and that the team did its due diligence in vetting player vaccine cards. “None whatsoever,” Arians said. “We did our due diligence. The league